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bookfell

bookfell noun: a skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.

Noun

bookfell (plural bookfells)

  1. (obsolete) A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
  2. (obsolete) A vellum or parchment manuscript.
    • Write this on a bookfell or parchment so long that it may embrace the head on the outside, and hang it on the neck of the man who needs it; it will soon be well with him.1866, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Apuleius (Barbarus), Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos), Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England
    • I cannot refer to any facsimile of this bookfell.1878, George Stephens, Thunor the Thunderer

Forms of bookfell

pluralbookfells

Origin of bookfell

From Middle English bocfel (“parchment”), from Old English bōcfell (“parchment, vellum”), equivalent to book + fell. Cognate with Old High German buohfel, puohfell (“parchment”), Middle High German buohvël (“parchment”), Old Norse bókfell (“parchment”).

Questions about bookfell

What does bookfell mean?
Bookfell means a skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
What part of speech is bookfell?
Bookfell is a noun.
What is the plural of bookfell?
The plural of bookfell is bookfells.

Words near bookfell in the dictionary

  1. booketeria
  2. booketerias
  3. bookey
  4. bookfair
  5. bookfairs
  6. bookfell
  7. bookfells
  8. bookflap
  9. bookflaps
  10. bookfluencer
  11. bookfluencers

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